The Birthday Girl was quite excited to receive an MP3 player!
Kirsten turned 10 on June 19th.
We celebrated with a family party.
She is entering 5th grade in August and quite happy to be 10.
That first double digit birthday is a milestone!!!
Mikayla, Kirsten, and Ben hamming it up for the camera
Kirsten requested chocolate cake and trick candles like her aunt frequently served at Kirsten's cousin's birthdays. Finding 'trick candles' here is in and of itself quite a trick!!!!!
James wants to be like Kuya Ben!
Ben wants to be like his cousin serving in Iraq!
James would like to point out that he and his brother are getting their teeth in and it's not a comfortable experience for either of them!
Ben would like to point out that posing for the camera is a lot of fun!
Kurt would like to point out that his brain gets tired sometimes from all the intensive language learning he is doing!
(And though there is no photo to accompany this, I would like to point out that Kirsten took the photos for this particular blog!)
Gas prices, along with many other items, have really risen over here.
We figured out that gas here equals about $5.60 US per gallon!!!
Some days are made for reminiscing....
today, with the cooler, rainy weather we are having is one of those days.
I was looking at photos of when we first arrived here and of more recent and seeing how much the kids have changed.
What doesn't show up in the photos is the other changes I've seen in them; growth in their spiritual lives, emotional lives, social lives, maturity.......
I thank God for the blessing of children and all the ways He leads us!
Even James and Jerard have changed a lot from when we first received them five months ago.........
